Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130408
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 20:52
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 108 58% 90 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 409 40% 326 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 356D) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 20.3 Parallax 26.8 18% 23 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 24.2 21% 26.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 179 186 188 189 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66% Good	Read 375 Write 356 Mixed 313 SusWrite 181 69% 306 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 36.5 118% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 88 DQ Mixed 50.5 42% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 36GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 180 186 189 189 189 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 374 Write 349 Mixed 230 SusWrite 182 64% 284 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 29.3 102% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 38 36% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ KHX1600C10D3/ F3-1600C11-4G F3-1600C11-4G 16GB 800, 800, 800, 800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.5 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	940x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	855x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	395x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	180x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	86x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples	61x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16